[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48850: Plugins Screen: introduce "Automatic updates" column / option

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#48850: Plugins Screen: introduce "Automatic updates" column / option
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 Reporter:  jeherve                  |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.4
Component:  Plugins                  |     Version:  3.7
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:  administration,
  has-screenshots dev-feedback       |  multisite
  needs-dev-note                     |
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Comment (by johnjamesjacoby):

 > Concerning the opt-in choice, this is in the scope of the plugins/themes
 autoupdate project since the beginning, and it was proposed as opt-in in
 2019 in the 9 projects for 2019 post. This is why that ticket is based on
 opt-in :-)

 According to that post (thanks @desrosj for the link):

 > Providing a way for users to opt-in to automatic plugin and theme
 updates

 When I read this project goal, it does not imply to me that individual
 plugins & themes should have their own toggles.

 The other related project goal also says:
 > Providing a way for users to opt-in to automatic updates of major Core
 releases

 In my imagination, these two together, along with how WordPress already
 works, lead me to believe and expect that minor releases for plugins &
 themes would auto-update, and majors would be opt-in. (I understand that
 not all plugins and themes use the same numbering scheme for their
 releases, but that's a different technical challenge that can be solved
 without additional design overhead.)

 Links for every individual plugin and theme seems, to me, to be working in
 the wrong direction for the right reasons. Naturally, my concerns are that
 the wrong efforts are being put in, and that if I'm wrong about that, I
 still don't like the idea anyways because I don't think it makes much
 sense. 😆

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 Design wise, my ''major'' concern - the crux of the issue - is that
 nothing visually conveys the state of a plugin or theme having auto-
 updates on or off; it's just words.

 When plugins are active or inactive, the list-table row changes color. A
 Gutenberg style Toggle provides the visual appeal of a switch being either
 on or off, where-as words are just words, and require too much deep
 attention to be glanceable. Users will toggle them off and forget about
 them. It will happen, and it's directly against the project goal.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48850#comment:58>
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